Andy McCullough

Andy McCullough was born and raised in Cyprus, is married to Jessica, who is South African, has four children who were born in London, and lived in Turkey from 2009-2016.He has a Master's Degree in Contextual Theology with Mission from All Nations Christian College, and currently works as Teaching Pastor for Reading Family Church (www.readingfamilychurch.org.uk) in the UK. He is the author of is the author ‘Global Humility: Attitudes for Mission‘ and ‘The Bethlehem Story'.He is passionate about cross-cultural church planting, and is involved in coaching and developing churches and leaders, mostly in the Eastern Mediterranean/West Asia region.He leads the Unreached Network (www.unreached.network), facilitating best practice in cross-cultural mission across the wider Newfrontiers family (www.newfrontierstogether.org).You can follow him on twitter @and_mcc

Why buy from a stranger when you can borrow from a relative?

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Why buy from a stranger, when you can borrow from a relative? On planting churches cross-culturally, mission agencies, cross-cultural best practice and the Newfrontiers family. Andy McCullough. April 2022. Historically, when church planting internationally, Newfrontiers churches have generally preferred sending cross-cultural, long-term workers via a direct send model, rather than via mission agencies. The primary …

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The Man, The Woman and the Garden: Easter Reflections from John 20

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The resurrection appearances in John’s brilliantly crafted narrative bring to poetic conclusion so many themes. There are multiple reiterated ideas from John’s gospel itself which find their climax in Chapter 20, as well as deeper underlying, intertextual, Biblical-theological ideas. Consider the significance of it being “the first day,” (20:1, 19), light and darkness (20:1), seeing …

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margins2mic. Season Two. Art of Listening.

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The #margins2mic project brings together voices from across the Newfrontiers family, and from around the world. Newfrontiers is on the way to becoming a truly global movement, and as such it is important – no, vital – to connect with and listen to a truly global set of voices and perspectives. Listening is an art. …

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The Bethlehem Story: Advent Series of Videos

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The Bethlehem Story is a series of daily videos following the story of the little town in Palestine from the death of Rachel to the birth of Christ. This Christmas, visit Bethlehem with us online. Join the shepherds and the wise men. Explore overlooked Old Testament characters and examine unexpected oracles. Join me in a …

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Decolonising Multilingualism by Alison Phipps. A review.

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Phipps, Alison. Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to Decreate. Multilingual Matters, 2019. A review by Andy McCullough. I’ve been asked to review the best book I’ve read in recent years on language. Hands down, it’s this book. This is a book by an academic, but it made me cry. This is not a Christian book, but it …

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Motus Dei: The Movement of God to Disciple the Nations

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Motus Dei: The Movement of God to Disciple the Nations <https://missionbooks.org/products/motus-dei> releases on October 19. You’re invited to the Virtual Book Launch on October 20, 9:00-9:45am Central Time US. Register here https://bit.ly/MotusDei and attend for a chance to win a free hard copy and a discount code for purchases. Here is the event schedule: *    Endorsement …

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Belonging: The Bible’s Story of Race

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I know that people are always looking for resources to help them think about issues like race, diversity and justice from a Biblical perspective. The church where I serve as Teaching Pastor has been on a journey on these issues over the last few years, that has been both hugely challenging and richly rewarding, and …

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Jacob “The Patchwork Man” Baradaeus

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I’m really enjoying Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia, and am struck by this paragraph summarising Jacob Baradaeus (Yaqub al-Barada’i) and his extraordinary church-planting impact. Here’s the paragraph: “Jacob never really lived in Edessa, his episcopal seat. The police were too hot on his trail… For over thirty-five years, from 542 to 578, Jacob eluded …

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Pantaenus: The Unreached Need Theologians Too

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Here are some quick lessons from the life of Pantaenus. Never heard of him? That’s why it’s so important that you learn from him! The greatest cross-cultural witnesses are, of course, invisible. You may never have heard of Pantaenus, but you have probably heard of his most famous disciples – the church fathers Clement and …

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The Bethlehem Story: Mission and Justice in the Margins of the World, by Andy McCullough

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Andy McCullough’s new book is coming out soon. Below is a sample from the story of Rahab. Jericho. One of the oldest cities in the world. City of palms, where the Judean wilderness meets the Jordan valley, and date palms stretch as far as the eye can see. It’s harvest time, early spring, when the …

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Unreached Network Conference 2021: Join the Conversation/ Find your Place

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We are really delighted to announce the online Unreached Conference for this year, 25th-26th June. Join the Conversation: stories and best practice in crossing cultures, planting churches, and sharing the gospel with the unreached. Find your Place: hear about opportunities, teams, training and projects, and discern how you and your church can play your part. …

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Understanding Islam Course

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Understanding Islam 2021 to 2022 The aim of this course is to encourage a deeper and broader understanding of issues relating to Islam and Muslims, in relation to doctrine, culture, society and practice. Our approach is both respectful and humble – many of our Muslim friends speak highly of our desire to understand their world …

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Faiths Against Child Sexual Exploitation

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By Tony Thompson I have had the privilege of being part of the team that established FACES (Faiths Against Child Sexual Exploitation) a joint Christian and Muslim charity that seeks to speak into Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) from a faith perspective. I am co-chair alongside a Muslim friend. We have been working together for the …

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